Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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